Agriculture, Geosciences, Natural Resources

Includes many sub-disciplines of environmental science, including history, biology, economics, sustainability, management, toxicology, and environmental ethics.

Includes topics such as climate science and human health, forecasting, regional differences, marine life, climate modeling, and policy.

Illustrated reference work about the many edible plants we grow in our gardens, buy in our shops, and consume cooked or raw, either on their own or as part of a recipe. All plants are illustrated in colour with emphasis on the edible parts, while the text entries give reliable information about each plant, its historical and current uses, and its nutritional value.

Topics include mental illness and moral agency, the rule of double effect,justice and the elderly, the definition of death, organ transplantation, feminist approaches to commodification of the body, life extension, advance directives, physician-assisted death, abortion, genetic research, population screening, enhancement, research ethics, and the implications of public and global health for bioethics.

Covers topics as diverse as water doctrine, water rights, pollution control, wildlife conservation, invasive species regulation, and environmental damage mitigation.